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4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (511+ words) AlphaGenome Atlas predicts the effect of any single change in the fundamental structure of DNA By Mary Randolph & Peter Hall edited by Claire Cameron Atlases have long helped humans navigate unfamiliar terrain. And now a new atlas from Google DeepMind…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1060+ words) How people interact with their inner and outer worlds may shape how they approach generative AI By Paul Jones & The Conversation US More than a century ago, the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung made introversion and extraversion central to his theory…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (258+ words) Collectively intelligent bricks figure out if they’re in a boat, chair or guitar By Matthew Hutson edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier A future in which machines build themselves is “all about local self-organization where you don’t have one failure point,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (457+ words) Was this record-setting encryption crack a fluke—or the new normal? A researcher’s social media post revealing how to break part of a popular encryption protocol has gone viral. But did he really do it with just “good old pencil…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (743+ words) Can technology optimize companionship? A novelist imagines the extreme answer Author Sarah Pierce explores dating apps, loneliness and human connection through a novel about a corpse-matching algorithm By Brianne Kane, Fonda Mwangi, Alex Sugiura & Rachel Feltman Rachel Feltman: For Scientific…...